Stella Holt Dupey

The Portland Votes 2024 Grant Program has awarded $210,000 to 11 different organizations to support education efforts about ranked-choice voting. Grace Ramsey, co-founder of Democracy Rising and the project manager of the grant program, joins us to share more about these educational opportunities.

Burnside Bridge, which is nearly 100 years old, is set to undergo a five-year seismic rebuild, likely beginning in 2027. An article by architecture and design journalist Brian Libby explains that according to lead project designer Keith Brownlie, the tied arch bridge is typically the most popular design amongst a general population of non-architects. Libby joins us to share more about the design process.

Coffin Butte Landfill, which is located in Benton County, might expand soon. The site draws waste from nearly two dozen Oregon counties and accepts more than one million tons of garbage annually. But the facility’s operators have applied for a permit to expand the landfill even further, raising public health and environmental concerns. Isobel Whitcomb, a science and environmental reporter, is here to share more about what they learned while researching this issue for Canary Media.

For the past two weeks, North Fork John Day Watershed Council has been helping people in and around Long Creek fight fires on their property and deal with the damage done by the flames. Kristen Walz, the executive director of North Fork John Day Watershed Council, joins us to share more about her group’s efforts during this particularly harsh and early wildfire season.

Clayton Franke from the Bend Bulletin joins us to talk about Deschutes County commissioners' differing views on how to handle homelessness and encampments.

Last week, researchers from Oregon State University documented two shark species in Puget Sound for the first time. Taylor Chapple, assistant professor and head of the Big Fish Lab at OSU, joins us to share more about his team’s findings.

The Portland-based book company “A Kids Co.,” which has created books such as “A Kids Book About Racism” and “A Kids Book About Empathy,” was recently acquired by the British publisher DK.

Portland State University has been awarded nearly $2 million in federal funding to continue work tackling microplastic pollution in Oregon’s coastal communities and the Pacific ocean. Elise Granek, project lead and professor at Portland State, joins us to share more.

A team of researchers at the University of Oregon is currently studying the relationships between soccer cleat composition and risk of injury in female versus male athletes. We'll hear more from Emily Karolidis, a PhD candidate and lead researcher in this study, and Mike Hahn, professor of human physiology at UO.

A sleepaway camp designed for and by Indigenous theater aficionados is being held at Portland State University July 29 through Aug. 2.